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Engineers, as entities having jurisdiction
and special expertise relevant to
potentially affected resources, are acting
as cooperating agencies.
The purpose of the proposed action is
to improve access to essential tribal
government services, and provide
housing, employment opportunities and
economic development for the tribal
community residing in northern
Indiana. The Tribe proposes to develop
44 housing units, a multi-purpose
facility, health service, and other tribal
government facilities. The Tribe also
proposes to develop a Class III gaming
facility with a hotel, restaurants,
meeting space, and a parking garage. A
range of project alternatives is
considered in the FEIS, including: (1)
Preferred Alternative-South Bend tribal
housing, government facilities, and
casino; (2) Elkhart site with same uses
as the preferred alternative; (3) South
Bend site with government facilities and
commercial development; and (4) no
action. Alternative 1, the Preferred
Alternative, reflects the Tribe’s
proposed project and has been selected
as the Preferred Alternative as discussed
in the FEIS. The information and
analysis contained in the EIS, as well as
its evaluation and assessment of the
Preferred Alternative, are intended to
assist the review of the issues presented
in the Tribe’s fee-to-trust application.
The Preferred Alternative does not
necessarily reflect the Department of the
Interior’s (Department) final decision,
because the Department must evaluate
all of the criteria in 25 CFR part 151.
The Department’s consideration and
analysis of the applicable criteria may
lead to a final decision that selects an
alternative other than the Preferred
Alternative. Environmental issues
addressed in the FEIS include land and
water resources, air quality, biological
resources, cultural and paleontological
resources, socioeconomic conditions,
transportation and circulation, land use,
public services, noise, hazardous
materials, visual resources,
environmental justice, cumulative
effects, indirect effects, and mitigation.
The BIA has afforded other
government agencies and the public
opportunity to participate in the
preparation of this FEIS. The BIA
published a Notice of Intent to Prepare
an EIS (NOI) for the proposed action in
the Federal Register on August 24,
2012. See 77 FR 51558. The BIA held a
public scoping meeting on September
27, 2012, in South Bend, Indiana. A
Notice of Availability (NOA) for the
Draft EIS (DEIS) was published in the
Federal Register on March 12, 2015. See
80 FR 13014. The document was
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March 12, 2015 to April 28, 2015, and
a public hearing was held on April 14,
2015, in South Bend, Indiana.
Locations where the FEIS is Available
for Review: The FEIS will be available
at the South Bend Public Library, Main
Branch, 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN
46601, and the Elkhart Public Library,
Main Branch, 300 S 2nd St, Elkhart, IN
46516. An electronic version of the FEIS
can be viewed at the following Web site:
www.pokagonsouthbendeis.com. If you
would like to obtain a compact disc
copy of the FEIS, please provide your
name and address in writing or by
voicemail to the person listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Individual paper copies of the FEIS will
be provided only upon payment of
applicable printing expenses by the
requestor for the number of copies
requested.
Authority: This notice is published
pursuant to Sec. 1503.1 of the Council of
Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR
parts 1500 through 1508) and Sec. 46.305 of
the Department of the Interior Regulations
(43 CFR part 46), implementing the
procedural requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and is in
the exercise of authority delegated to the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209
DM 8.
Dated: July 11, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–NER–20796; PPNEHATUC0,
PPMRSCR1Y.CU0000 (166)]

Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; National
Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Program
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

We (National Park Service,
NPS) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on July 31, 2016.
We may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. However, under OMB

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regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before August 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_
[email protected] (email).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Madonna L. Baucum, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, National
Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive (Mail Stop 242), Reston, VA 20192
(mail); or [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1024–0232’’ in
the subject line of your comments. You
may review the ICR online at http://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by
OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Diane Miller, National
Manager, National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom Program,
National Park Service, National Park
Service, c/o Blackwater National
Wildlife Refuge, 2145 Key Wallace
Drive, Cambridge, Maryland 21613; or
via email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Act of 1998 (54
U.S.C. 308301, et seq.) authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to establish the
Network to Freedom (Network). The
Network is a collection of sites,
facilities, and programs, both
governmental and nongovernmental,
around the United States. All entities
must have a verifiable association with
the historic Underground Railroad
movement. The National Park Service
administers the National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
The program coordinates preservation
and education efforts Nationwide and
integrates local historical places,
museums, and interpretive programs
associated with the Underground
Railroad into a mosaic of community,
regional, and national stories.
Individuals; businesses;
organizations; State, tribal and local
governments; and Federal agencies that
want to join the Network must complete
NPS Form 10–946 (National
Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Application). The application
and instructions are available on our
Web site at http://www.nps.gov/
subjects/ugrr/index.htm. Respondents

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must (1) verify associations and
characteristics through descriptive texts
that are the result of historical research
and (2) submit supporting
documentation; e.g., copies of rare
documents, photographs, and maps.
Much of the information is submitted in
electronic format and used to determine
eligibility to become part of the
Network.
One of the principal components of
the Network to Freedom Program is to
validate the efforts of local and regional
organizations, and to make it easier for
them to share expertise and
communicate with us and each other.
The vehicle through which this can

happen is for these local entities to
become Network Partners. Partners of
the Network to Freedom Program work
alongside and often in cooperation with
us to fulfill the program’s mission.
Prospective partners must submit a
letter with the following information:
• Name and address of the agency,
company or organization;
• Name, address, and phone, fax, and
email information of principal contact;
• Abstract not to exceed 200 words
describing the partner’s activity or
mission statement; and
• Brief description of the entity’s
association to the Underground
Railroad.
Number of
respondents

Activity

II. Data
OMB Number: 1024–0232.
Title: National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program.
Form Number(s): NPS Form 10–946,
‘‘National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Application’’.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals; businesses; nonprofit
organizations; and Federal, State, tribal,
and local governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of
responses

Completion time
per response

Total annual
burden hours

Network Applications (NPS Form 10–946) ...................................................
Partner Requests ..........................................................................................

35
2

35
2

40 hours ...........
.5 hours ............

1,400
1

Totals .....................................................................................................

37

37

...........................

1,401

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.

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III. Comments
On January 15, 2016, we published in
the Federal Register (81 FR 2232) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
renew approval for this information
collection. In that notice, we solicited
public comments for 60 days, ending on
March 15, 2016. We did not receive any
comments in response to that notice.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB or us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.

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Dated: July 18, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0001]

Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Cook Inlet Outer Continental
Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 244;
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Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of
a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement.
AGENCY:

BOEM is announcing the
availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed
Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Lease Sale 244. This notice
marks the start of the public review and
comment period and serves to announce
public hearings on the Draft EIS. After
the public hearings and written
comments on the Draft EIS have been
reviewed and considered, a Final EIS
will be prepared.
The proposed action addressed in this
Draft EIS is to conduct an oil and gas
lease sale on portions of the Cook Inlet
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning
Area. Lease Sale 244 would provide
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on OCS blocks in Cook Inlet to gain
conditional rights to explore, develop,
and produce oil and natural gas.
The Draft EIS analyzes the potential
direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental impacts of the proposed
lease sale on the physical, biological,
and human environments in the Cook
Inlet area. The EIS describes a
hypothetical scenario of exploration,
development, production, and
decommissioning activities that could
result from the proposed lease sale, and
analyzes the potential impacts of those
activities on the environment.
Authority: This Notice of Availability for
the Draft EIS is in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is
published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.415.

Comments should be submitted
no later than September 6, 2016. See
public hearing dates in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
27, 2012, the Secretary of the Interior
approved the June 2012 Proposed Final
Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas
Leasing Program 2012–2017 (Five-Year
Program). The Five-Year Program
includes proposed Lease Sale 244.
The proposed Lease Sale 244 area
defined in the Area Identification (Area
ID) is located offshore of the State of
Alaska in the northern portion of the
Federal waters of Cook Inlet. The Area
ID is comprised of 224 OCS blocks,
which encompass an area of
approximately 442,875 hectares (1.09
million acres). This area is close to
infrastructure needed to support
DATES:

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